Aako vs Placify

_____________________ BUBBLES LIVE WHERE YOU STOOD Your memories don’t float in the cloud. They stay where they happened — on sidewalks, rooftops, by the river — waiting to be found. FEEL memories by interacting with Bubbles in real space or street view — yours or someone else’s. SNAP with Bubbles to turn moments into living time capsules. FIND your moments anytime, exactly where you left them. VIEW everything at a glance in a living gallery. REACT with flying feelings that linger in space. CONNECT through shared places, where memories bring people closer. MARK your traces on the world, one memory at a time. _____________________ Note from the Founder: Hi! If you’re reading this part, it means you’re really interested in learning about Aako. That’s super cute! We really appreciate that. The idea for Aako started three years ago, when a close friend of mine said: “It would be so cool if I could leave sounds at the places I’ve been.” That thought instantly sparked something in me. I remembered standing on top of Mount Shasta, looking out at the view, soaking in the breeze, my feet on gently sifted rocks. In that moment, I needed more than just a picture to share what I felt. Especially today, when anyone can pull up a 4K HDR video of Mount Everest, pictures and videos alone just aren’t enough. You can only truly feel what someone else felt when you’re exactly where they once stood. If I left a photo or a voice recording at the mountain, and three weeks later another hiker found it, listened to that memory while standing in the exact place. Then that’s when it becomes real. That’s when it makes sense. This idea echoed in my mind for a while, until two years ago, when I was working in Thailand. The job was pretty easy, so I had a lot of free time. I traveled around, but I also wanted to build something meaningful. That’s how Aako started. Over the past two years, Aako has gone through pauses and progress. I took a break during college, then picked it up again with more people joining along the way. Some team members came and went, but even those who left for school or work were just as excited about Aako as we were. I’ll be honest: there were countless times I thought about quitting, or moments when we all felt like we were building something that just wouldn’t work. But after many iterations and a lot of hard work, here it is. The Aako we’ve been dreaming of is finally real, and we’re so excited to share it with the world. It’s honestly surreal to see something that once lived in your imagination come to life. And we can’t wait to see what you make with it. From our whole team: we really believe Aako is something different, something new. We’re building the future, and we’re so happy you’re in it with us. Lastly, I want to thank everyone who helped make Aako possible: Yolanda Xing and Alexon Hu, for co-founding Aako with me. Alex Xu, Alexis Liang, Beckham Lee, Boson Chang, Bryan Iglesias, Jackie Zhong, Jeannie Kim, Kiran Keertipati, Prachi Heda, Shad Reyes for helping with Code. Anastasia Meadows, Anna Hoang, Heather Jang, Helen Xie, Huy Le, Nainika Neerukonda, Nina Yu, Oswaldo Medina, Renato Pimentel, Rency Visperas, Samantha Sayson for helping with Design. Jinmao Wang, Tony Meng for your extreme passion and deep insights into Aako. Poyu Lee, for your amazing 3D models, animations, and visual effects. Professor Jim Hollan and Professor Steven Dow, for your guidance and advice. Our Ukrainian development partners, for assisting with RealityKit issues. Slava Ukraini! And to my friend Jenny Yu, who planted the original idea :) Thank you, and let’s connect immersively. Cheers, Yasushi Oh

The most beautiful things in life are not just things. They’re people, places, memories, and pictures. Placify is a personal map, travel planner, and itinerary maker for the places that matter to you. Save restaurants, hidden gems, travel ideas, and “places to visit” from anywhere. Turn social saves into real trip plans. Plan smarter routes. Turn routes into animated travel videos. Let your map become a living travel journal. In a world where places are scattered across apps, screenshots, messages, and links, Placify brings everything back to one map: yours. --- ※ Save Places from Anywhere Travel ideas are everywhere: a restaurant in an Instagram Reel, a viewpoint in a TikTok video, a cafe from a friend, or a saved pin from a map app. Instead of rewatching clips, digging through saved folders, or pinning places one by one, send them to Placify. Placify turns scattered social saves, map shares, links, screenshots, notes, and photos into saved places on your personal map. Search, filter, group, and plan around them when the next walk, weekend, or trip begins. --- ※ Search, Filter & See the Whole Map Search by place name or address. Switch between list and map views. See where your saved spots cluster across cities and regions. Create dynamic views like: ・ “Rooftop Bars in Tokyo” ・ “2026 Solo Trip” ・ “Places Visited Twice” Your world, organized the way you think. --- ※ Plan Routes from the Places You Find Turn travel guides, shared links, social saves, trip notes, and saved ideas into a route you can edit. Placify helps connect scattered places into one path, so you can adjust the order, stops, and route details as your plan takes shape. Add multiple stops. Reorder freely. Use Smart Route to optimize the most efficient order. Visualize distance and travel time instantly. Perfect for turning online inspiration into road trips, city walks, weekend plans, and multi-day itineraries. --- ※ Bring Your Routes to Life Turn a route into an animated travel video with the path, stops, and memories you saved along the way. Use it to share a trip, a city walk, or a favorite route with friends. Your map becomes a simple visual story that is easy to save, watch, and share. --- ※ Travel Journal, Memories & Stats Automatically link photos to places. See where you were “on this day” in previous years. Receive gentle memory reminders. Track visit counts for every location. Your map becomes a timeline you can return to. --- ※ Smart Organization Automatic categorization and tag suggestions keep your archive tidy and searchable. Future you can always find the places that mattered. --- ※ Private, Offline, Yours Your data stays on your device. Access saved places and itineraries offline. Your map belongs to you. --- ※ Share Beautifully Turn trips and collections into posters, image cards, story templates, and route videos. Share inspiration while keeping your own perspective. --- ※ Widgets & Reminders Access favorite views, routes, and memories directly from your home screen. Set reminders for places you want to visit again. --- Whether you plan trips with tools like Wanderlog or Tripsy, or discover inspiration through Instagram, TikTok, Rednote, Tabelog, or local map apps, Placify brings everything together into one elegant personal map. Built around your places, routes, memories, and the way you experience the world. Rediscover your world, one place at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/